#liberty

They have no right to speak for freedom, who recognize freedom only for themselves and their friends.

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We have a right, in various ways, to act upon our unfavourable opinion of any one, not to the oppression of his individuality,...

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Fighting for the freedom of one’s people is not the only necessity. As long as the fight goes on you must enlighten not only

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Human nature shudders, and turns pale at its presence, and flies from it as from a den of lions, a nest of scorpions, or an

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Every command slaps liberty in the face.

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Aimless wandering does not know what it seeks; demented drifting does not know where it goes. A wanderer, idle, unbound, I

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Creativeness is liberation from slavery. Man is free when he finds himself in a state of creative activity. Creativeness

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The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt

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Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.

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What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

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No attempt must be made to encase man, for it is his destiny to be set free.

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It is not true that the freedom of one man is limited by that of other men. Man is really free to the extent that his freedom,...

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Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is

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What is inside is me, what is outside is mine — when these thoughts end, compulsion stops, repetition ceases, freedom dawns.

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People today have so little imagination that they cannot conceive of any choice but the choice between capitalism and

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Man is very willing to obey the law of duty, serve his country, and oblige his friends; but he wishes to labor when he pleases,...

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For such is the work of philosophy: it cures souls, draws off vain anxieties, confers freedom from desires, drives away fears.

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The human race is but a monotonous affair. Most of them labor the greater part of their time for mere subsistence; and

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Why shouldn’t I eat toothpaste? It’s a free world. Why shouldn’t I chew my toenails? I happen to have trodden in some honey.

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We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it

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It is impossible for one man to enslave another, without having first reduced him to a condition in which he can not

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Without political equality there can be no real political liberty, but political equality will be possible only when there

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If liberty of speech is to be untrammeled from the grosser forms of constraint, the uniformity of opinion will be secured by

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Try to so shape your life that external things will not harm you. And try also to get rid of personal property. It

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